Communications in Syria
Telephones - main lines in use:
930,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
NA
Telephone system:
fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital upgrades, including fiber-optic technology
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 14, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
4.15 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
54 (of which 36 are low-power and repeater stations) (1997)
Televisions:
1.05 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA
Country code (Top level domain): SY
domestic:
coaxial cable and microwave radio relay network
international:
satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); 1 submarine cable; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey; participant in Medarabtel